Spinning-top.



PATENTED NOV. 27, 1906.

v. L. BEKFLPI.

SPINNING TOP. APPLICATION FILED APE. 10.1905.

q/vibwcmca Cleveland,-in thecounty of VENDEL L. BEKEFI, or CLEVELAND, OHIO.

SPlNNlNG-TOP Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 27, 1906.

. Application filed April 10, 1905. Serial No. 254.645.

To all whom it Tnay concern: 'Be it known that I, VENDEL citizen of the United States, residing at Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spinning-Tops; and I do declare that the following is a full, clear,

and exact description of the invention, which 1 will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to spinning-tops and the inventlon-consists in a spinning-top having concentric grooves or channels about its larger or top portion and means to spin the top comprising a rigid stick and a cord adapted to be wound upon the top, all substantially as shown and described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawin s, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the top %ying upon a floor and the stick and cord connected therewith as occurs when the top is ready. to be spun. Fig, 2 is an elevation of the top aloneand showing, in dotted lines,"the manner of winding the cord thereon. Fig. 3 is aview of the spinnin -stick and a portion of the cord attached t ereto for spinning the top.

As thus shown, it will be seen that the top is adapted to have a cord v. ound thereon and to be laid upon the fioor substantially as shown in Fig. 1, preparatory to being spun. To this end theto A is provided with concentric substantia 1y V-shaped channels or grooves a about its larger or upper end and a' preferably flat top surface and the usual apex or point 0/ upon which it plays.

is the spinning-stick, preferably of wood and substantially rigid, and for practical uses about two feet in length, so as to be convenient for children, and the winding cord or string 0 is usually about as long as the stick,

according to the size of the top. Any good strong cord will serve the purpose. In use the cord is first Wound about the lowest or smallest groove or channel a, and havin been wound about said channel until its end is overlapped the cord is carried dia onally to the next groove or channel above an is wound L. Benn, a 1

from the top,

! having a flat upper end the third channel above, and then into the fourth, and said channels are V-shaped, so as to lock the cord or string therein and avoid its opening or getting loose after the top has been laid upon its side to be spun relatively, as seen in Fig. 1. This being done, the stick is gripped by the hand at the larger end and a quick whipping movement is given away so as to cause the top to whirl as the cord is drawn therefrom. This being done, the top will naturally right itself for spinning and continue to spin until the momentum is exhausted, but there is this further added advantage 1n a top spun by the means herein shown and described in that the parts B and C can be used as a Whip for the top-that is, by whipping the cord around the point of the top as it is spinning give it an accelerated speed or impetusand an expert can keep the top spinning for an indefinite perio in this way. This is what children call whi ping the top and which is rendered possib e by the spinning-stick and cord attached thereto and resembling a whip in some particulars.

What I claim is As a new article of manufacture, aspinning whip-top adapted to lie on a Hat surface and to be started from this position by a cord and a stick, said top comprising a solid cone-body and straight sides conver ing abruptly from the edge of said flat en direct line to the vertex of the cone, and provided witha series of annular V-shaped grooves spaced equally distant from each other and from the upper end edge to the middle of said cone-body, as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

VENDEL L. BEKEFI.

Witnesses:

" R. B. Mosnn,

' C. A. SELL.

' tightly therein in like manner across the overlapping point and is then carried into J as tops ordinarily d0;

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